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Las Vegas Hotel Rooms Each Worth $20,000 More Than Atlantic City

by Marc October 12, 2011
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MGM Grand in Las Vegas is making a big hubaloo over their new room renovations that are expected to be open to the public as soon as November with renovation continuing into 2012. Good those rooms are old and ugly, as you can see from my pictures on Vegas Chatter. Renovations are coming in at [...]

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Week In Review

by Marc September 18, 2011
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I never realized how awesome football season was in Vegas. The sportsbooks seem even more crazy than I remember from visiting. It’s infectious, awesome and probably too easy to get caught up in. Yes, that’s a cautionary note to myself. Lots going on all over and I’m doing my best to catch up. Let’s look back [...]

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Another Reason To Like Rihanna

by Marc September 16, 2011
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I’m not sure that people like Rihanna because of her music or because of the way she looks. It doesn’t matter to me and it, probably, doesn’t matter to Rihanna. However, this week I found another reason to like Rihanna. She filmed part of her new video in Atlantic City at Borgata. Well, if you are familiar with Atlantic [...]

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Caesars Lost $6-$8 Billion From Hurricane Irene

by Marc August 29, 2011
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Caesars Entertainment big dog, Gary Loveman, was interviewed on CNBC today and said that their Atlantic City properties lost about $6-$8 billion dollars being closed because of Hurricane Irene. However, he did say that the government couldn’t have done a much better job closing the market and taking precautions. The only other interesting bit of [...]

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MGM Resorts Needs Help In Atlantic City

by Marc August 8, 2011
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MGM Resorts is having problems selling their 50% stake in the Borgata in Atlantic City and needs some more time. In a statement Friday, the company said it wants to add 18 months to the agreement that was reached in March 2010. The extra time would give MGM Resorts 48 months to sell its Borgata [...]

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Let’s Look Inside Revel

by Marc July 25, 2011
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Business websites should tell us what the business does.  Well, the Revel Resorts website doesn’t exactly do that 100% perfectly, they do provide a glimpse of what the future holds for the property when it opens in Atlantic City next summer.  Each box has some information when you roll your mouse over it. I’m not [...]

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Week In Review

by Marc July 24, 2011
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My car died this weekend and I’m cranky about it. Here’s the fun from the week. AC2LV Keith Olbermann Calls Steve Wynn The Worst Person In The World Revel Atlantic City Open! Kinda. How Do You Bet? Borgata Adds New Bar: Long Bar Digital Tables Don’t Mean Better Tables Ivanka Trump Gives Birth Steve Wynn [...]

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Borgata Adds New Bar: Long Bar

by Marc July 20, 2011
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One of the things I’ve hated about my trips to Borgata in Atlantic City is that there isn’t a bar where I can just grab a drink and hang out.  B-Bar is cool if I want to hang out and play video poker, but it often crowds up at night, since it was the only [...]

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Atlantic City Diamond Lounges Charging For Entry Beginning Today

by Marc June 13, 2011
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The Caesars properties in Atlantic City (Bally’s, Harrah’s, Caesars, Showboat) are long overdue with adding a charge for some of their smaller, “premium” players and beginning today those considered low Diamonds will be “charged” an entry fee for the Diamond Lounges.  Here are the details from Seven Stars Insider: …effective Monday, only Seven Stars cardholders [...]

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Golden Nugget Atlantic City….Where Stuff Happens

by Marc June 8, 2011
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I often complain about Atlantic City casinos making little effort to lure people to their casinos, while gambling continues to expand throughout the northeast. Well, even if it’s not something that appeals to me, it’s nice to see Golden Nugget making a fairly broad based effort to attract middle aged customers.  This summer they will [...]

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